Security Operations Centre Jobs in the North West

Security Operations Centre
England > North West

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Security Operations Centre in permanent job vacancies in the North West. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Security Operations Centre over the 6 months leading up to 22 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
22 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 284 280 273
Rank change year-on-year -4 -7 +25
Permanent jobs citing Security Operations Centre 7 11 24
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 0.090% 0.11% 0.31%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.28% 0.35% 0.76%
Number of salaries quoted 7 8 21
10th Percentile £40,870 £41,750 £55,000
25th Percentile £46,685 £50,750 £57,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £58,750 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -6.38% -9.62% -
75th Percentile £62,000 £62,500 £77,500
90th Percentile £84,250 - £82,500
England median annual salary £53,688 £56,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -4.98% -5.83% -7.69%

All Generic Skills
North West

Security Operations Centre falls under the General and Transferable Skills category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring generic IT skills in the North West.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 2,526 3,134 3,176
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 32.31% 31.34% 41.17%
Number of salaries quoted 884 2,283 1,477
10th Percentile £31,250 £26,750 £32,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £36,250 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £56,000 £50,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +12.00% -9.09% +4.76%
75th Percentile £71,250 £66,250 £70,000
90th Percentile £82,500 £83,010 £83,750
England median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% -15.38% +4.00%

Security Operations Centre
Job Vacancy Trend in the North West

Job postings citing Security Operations Centre as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the North West.

Job vacancy trend for Security Operations Centre in the North West

Security Operations Centre
Salary Trend in the North West

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Security Operations Centre in the North West.

Salary trend for Security Operations Centre in the North West

Security Operations Centre
Salary Histogram in the North West

Salary distribution for jobs citing Security Operations Centre in the North West over the 6 months to 22 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Security Operations Centre in the North West

Security Operations Centre
Job Locations in the North West

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Security Operations Centre within the North West region over the 6 months to 22 May 2025. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Manchester +60 2 £86,250 +50.00% 12
Lancashire -78 2 £42,384 -29.36% 4
Cheshire - 2 £55,000 - 1
Merseyside +39 1 £58,500 +34.48%
Security Operations Centre
England

Security Operations Centre
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North West by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Cloud Services
1 2 (28.57%) AWS
2 1 (14.29%) Azure
2 1 (14.29%) IaaS
2 1 (14.29%) PaaS
2 1 (14.29%) SaaS
General
1 4 (57.14%) Analytical Skills
2 2 (28.57%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (28.57%) Analyst
1 2 (28.57%) Cybersecurity Engineer
1 2 (28.57%) Security Engineer
1 2 (28.57%) SOC Analyst
2 1 (14.29%) Cybersecurity Manager
2 1 (14.29%) Head of Operations
2 1 (14.29%) Head of Security
2 1 (14.29%) Lead
2 1 (14.29%) Security Manager
Miscellaneous
1 5 (71.43%) Security Posture
2 2 (28.57%) Hybrid Cloud
2 2 (28.57%) Management Information System
3 1 (14.29%) Cyber Defence
3 1 (14.29%) Cyber Kill Chain
3 1 (14.29%) Cyber Threat
3 1 (14.29%) Cyberattack
Operating Systems
1 3 (42.86%) Windows
2 2 (28.57%) Linux
2 2 (28.57%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (100.00%) Security Operations
2 6 (85.71%) Incident Response
3 5 (71.43%) Cybersecurity
4 3 (42.86%) Risk Management
4 3 (42.86%) SIEM
4 3 (42.86%) Vulnerability Management
5 2 (28.57%) Incident Management
5 2 (28.57%) Information Security
5 2 (28.57%) Penetration Testing
5 2 (28.57%) Risk Analysis
5 2 (28.57%) Risk Register
5 2 (28.57%) Runbook
5 2 (28.57%) Security Monitoring
5 2 (28.57%) Task Automation
5 2 (28.57%) Threat Analysis
5 2 (28.57%) Vulnerability Assessment
6 1 (14.29%) Customer Service
6 1 (14.29%) Internal Audit
6 1 (14.29%) MITRE ATT&CK
6 1 (14.29%) Threat Detection
Programming Languages
1 2 (28.57%) Kusto Query Language
1 2 (28.57%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 4 (57.14%) Degree
2 3 (42.86%) CISM
2 3 (42.86%) CISSP
3 2 (28.57%) CEH
3 2 (28.57%) CISA
3 2 (28.57%) CompTIA Security+
3 2 (28.57%) CRISC
3 2 (28.57%) GCIH
3 2 (28.57%) GIAC
3 2 (28.57%) GISF
3 2 (28.57%) ISACA
3 2 (28.57%) SANS
3 2 (28.57%) SSCP
4 1 (14.29%) GSEC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (28.57%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (14.29%) Cyber Essentials
2 1 (14.29%) GDPR
2 1 (14.29%) NIST
Vendors
1 4 (57.14%) Microsoft
2 1 (14.29%) AlienVault
2 1 (14.29%) Rapid7
2 1 (14.29%) Splunk